Community Labor Force

The Sheriff’s Office Community Labor Force (CLF) programs provide an
innovative approach to incarceration and work release. Labor crews,
consisting of well-screened offenders, provide necessary services to the
county that otherwise would have been done by county staff or
contractors. In a year's time, the CLF provides more than 57,000 hours of
labor and saves county taxpayers about $1.44 million.

Offender participants have the opportunity to engage in meaningful work
and develop employable skills. Program participants may earn Exemplary
Good Time for their efforts, thereby reducing the incarceration period
and the county’s cost for incarceration.

The CLF services over 300 bus stops, shelters and park-and-rides by
removing about 680 pounds of trash per day and conducting light
landscaping. The crews also remove graffiti from the shelters and perform
general maintenance when needed.

Since July 1, 2013, the Sheriff's Office has partnered with VDOT, the
Board of Supervisors and the Department of Code Compliance to remove
illegal signs from county roadways. In the first year, CLF crews traveled
about 7,800 miles and removed more than 14,500 political and advertising
signs.

On behalf of the county’s Stormwater Management Division, the CLF
maintains many of Fairfax County’s stormwater management facilities,
including 29 rain gardens, 16 tree filters and one vegetative swale. Each
gets serviced about once per month. The CLF also services 1,303 dry
ponds, which are basins or depressions that detain or slow the flow of
water for short periods of time and are dry between rain storms. Each
gets serviced twice per year.

Other CLF services include landscaping and snow removal on county
property, blight abatement, countywide litter pickup and overall
beautification.

In addition to its work with county agencies, the CLF partners with the
City of Fairfax and the Towns of Herndon and Vienna, which fall under the
jurisdiction of the Sheriff's Office.

For more information about the Sheriff's Office Community Labor Force,
call 703-246-4509, TTY 711, or send an
email.